**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL~OF TEXAS**  **AUSTIN**
**GROVERSELLERS /**  **ATTORNEYGENER*L**

Aon. 0. c. Olaoa County Attorney nink1.r cowlty Permlt, Tama

opinion of this d la aa followat 19!45, reque6tlQ ths uostion stated therein,

10 in 12equal monthly lna of the above oplnlon, 18 ers’ Court oi Wnklor County, %xas, ay nuoh County Treasurer of Ylnklsr the 11%eddltionsl under Caotlon 15 20V.A.C.S.0 At your rarlleat oonall appreoiatr hesrlng fraa you reTat refer 

### to our opinion No. O-6358, sddrrssed to you, haldiM in efieot tbrt the 

### ikmm~saioMrs~ htrt o? Yinkler County oanlegelly fix the ealarles of oountp offloers for the year 1945, at an ll$ lnoresas **over** snd above the msxlmumallowed suoh oiiloera bylaw onAugust 24, 1935.**EI>n.** 0. c. Olaoll, Page 2

faoticn 15 of Artlola 3912e, Vernon*8 Annotated civil **ftetutas,** provldea, **in parts** 

*The ooaOLiaaloasra~ court in oountlea hering apopulation of leas than Twenty Thousand (20,000) lnhabltanta, **aooordlng** to the lrat prsoedlag Federal Census, at the **first** regular meetin@ in January of osoh oalendar year, meypass an order providing fca oaPlpenaatlon of 011 county and preolnot offloara on a aaluy baala. Theoommlaalonor8’ oourt ln aaoh of such oouatlea la hereby authorized, and lb ahall be his duty to fix the aalarloa oi orimlnal district attorneya. In the event auoh **oourt** paaaea auoh order, they shall per to eaoh **of** said Ufatriot end oounty ofrioars In money an annual salary in twelve (12) equsl lnatallmenta of not lea8 than the total sum earned es compenaatlon ror aald otfioera in said 0rri0iai oepeclty for the flsoel year 1935 nnd not more than the maximum allowed such officer under laws cxiatlng Augaat 24, 1935, provided, that the oountlea having apopulatl3n of leaa then l%enty Thousand (20,000) lnhabltanta, aooordlng ti the last preosding Federal ConBus, and havln valuation in **exoaaa** cr Tan :Irllllon 74an aasaased ~10,000,000) .Dollera, tooording to the last preoedlng approved tax roll of auoh oounty, the maximumallowed such ofiioers as aalarlea msy be lnoreased One (1’5) per oent for eaoh OneMllllon ($l,OOO,OOO) Dollars valuatloa, or afrmtional part thereof, in e~~eaa of aafd Ten Yll?lon ($lO,OOO,OOO) Dollnra valuation over and above the maximumamount mllowed auoh offloers under ths law8 existing on **Au&uBt** 24, 19351 provided, however, no 6alarlea oovwed by &la aootlon shall exceed the sumof **Four** Thousand ylve Hundred ($4,500) Dollars regardless ot tlie ptiroentaga of inoraaaa ln population snd valuation and provide4 turther that in all counties havln(g apopulation of not leaa than Twenty Thousand and One (20,001) rnd not more than Twenty-five Thousand (25,OOO), 

### l ooordlng to the lest preoedlng Fader81 Canaua, and whloh her an aoaeaaed valuatlon in 0x0088 0r Twenty-five Mllllon (~25,000,000) Dollars, aooording to the last peoedlng approved tax rolls of auoh oounty, the oounty judge, aherifi, county attorney, a6sentor and oolleotor o? 

### taxea,county olerk anddlatrlot olerk, the **maximum** aalarlea hereby fixed at Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty (63,750.00) Dollara.

. . . . .v..

Hon. G. C. Olson, page 3

wlnkler county haaapopulation ot 8,141 lnhabltants according to the 1940Peboral Censur, andatax raluation of $20,819,098.00 aooordlng tothe 1944approved tax rolls, andthe oommlssonera* 1 oourt of said oounty has passed an order providing for the oompnsation ofdl county otfloers onasalary baris. Therefore, 3eotion 15 of Artiolo 3912a is applloable to aald oounty.

The county troasurrr 

### 0rwinklar County, a8well a6 other oounty 02floialr 

### 0r said oounty, le ooapensated onan annual salary basir rather **than on** IIfaa or **0omds8fon** basir. when the oounty trmamrer is oouqmnaated onan annual salary basis, Article8 3941, 3942and3943are not agplloable tothe extent of llmltln& the additional oompeneatlon of the oounty treasurer as authorized bySeotlon 15, Article 3912s.

Inview of the foregoing, your qudatlon 1sanswered in the affirmative, Yours very truly UM’ORNEY

GEFBRAL

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